flowers from a good man

~ It was my 10th birthday. I came downstairs to leave for school,
and on the kitchen table was the old blue coffeepot filled with daffodils. For me. ~

My daddy came up from behind and gave me a hug, and this is what he said.
"Anna, I wanted to be the first man to buy you flowers."

And that is why daffodils are, and will forever remain, my favorite.